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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-241-bmi-communication-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Table 2-A: Codes to Identify Ambulatory or Preventive Care Visits
Description CPT HCPCS ICD-9-CM Diagnosis … Event/Diagnosis An outpatient care visit and BMI ≥85% percentile. … • A diagnosis of pregnancy during the measurement year.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-8x11-UTI.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of
Urinary Tract Infections in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment
of catheter associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious diseases in older adults of long-
term care facilities: update on approach to diagnosis and … Improving Outcomes of UTI
Management in Long-Term Care Project (IOU) consensus guidelines for the
diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-6-attachment-2.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Measure 1: Accurate ADHD Diagnosis … Summary of Key Issues, Recommendations and Questions for Work Group
Measure #1: Accurate ADHD
Diagnosis … Measure 1: Accurate ADHD Diagnosis … Measure 1: Accurate ADHD Diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/index.html
October 01, 2022 - Learning and disseminating best practices for the diagnosis and treatment of common infectious disease … around antibiotic prescribing Develop and improve your stewardship program Learn best practices for the diagnosis … content in “Develop a culture of safety around antibiotic prescribing,” “Learn best practices for the diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/rce_profile_carter.html
August 01, 2014 - For this paper she focused on cancer over-diagnosis—the diagnosis and treatment of cancers that do not … She conducted a systematic review of how cancer over-diagnosis has been measured, compared the relative … determined which measure she thought was the most accurate and least biased way to look at cancer over-diagnosis … Carter not only developed an expertise in the area of overuse of preventive services and cancer over-diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship9.html
August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Conclusion … Page
Table of Contents
Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis … laboratory personnel, to reductions in diagnostic errors that reach the patient, such as incorrect diagnoses
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA0087-NCINQSexualActivityStatusSpec-Pop.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Event/Diagnosis None.
Hybrid Specification
Denominator The eligible population. … sexually active, abstinent)
Sexual activity status – past
Number of sexual partners
Current or past diagnosis … Prescription for birth control/contraception with indication for pregnancy
prevention
Current or past diagnosis … NCINQ will work with coding experts to determine codes that correspond to relevant care setting(s),
diagnoses
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA0087-NCINQSexualActivityStatusSpec-Prov.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Benefit Medical
Event/Diagnosis Primary care visit. … , abstinent)
Sexual activity status – past
Number of sexual partners
Current or past diagnosis … Prescription for birth control/contraception with indication for pregnancy
prevention
Current or past diagnosis … NCINQ will work with coding experts to determine codes that correspond to relevant care setting(s),
diagnoses
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-5.html
June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
A Path Forward for Diagnostic Safety Improvement … Leadership
Previous Page Next Page
Table of Contents
Leadership To Improve Diagnosis … sometimes geographically dispersed diagnostic teams to provide accurate, timely, and fully communicated diagnoses
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cap-toolkit/ed-workflowdiagrams.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Diagnosis
CAP?
Pursue other
diagnoses.
Inpatient treatment
warranted? … Diagnosis CAP?
Pursue other
diagnoses.
Inpatient treatment
warranted? … Diagnosis CAP?
Pursue other
diagnoses.
Inpatient treatment
warranted?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0192-tables1-10.pdf
June 02, 2025 - 70551, 70552, 70553
ICD-9-CM 88.91
Table 2 [=IMG2]: Epilepsy and Recurrent Seizures
General Diagnosis … Diagnosis Detail
ICD-9-CM
Code
Epilepsy and recurrent seizures
Generalized non-convulsive … , or implanted ventricular
catheter/reservoir; with injection of medication or other substance for diagnosis … Diagnosis Detail
ICD-9-CM
Code
Post-traumatic headache 339.2x
Concussion With no loss of … Category
Diagnosis Detail
ICD-9-CM
Code
Visual disturbances Diplopia 368.2
Other disorders
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/cholesterol-narrative.pdf
December 31, 2018 - high-risk adult patients aged >= 21 years who were previously diagnosed with or currently
have an active diagnosis … Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) level >= 190 mg/dL;
OR patients aged 40-75 years with a diagnosis … are identified as at high risk of a cardiovascular event and
included in the denominator:
• active diagnosis … measurement period;
• aged 40 – 75 years at the beginning of the measurement period with an active diagnosis … Stage Renal Disease Care Value Set)
• Most recent LDL-C result < 70 mg/dL for patients with a diabetes diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/research/care-management/index.html
December 01, 2023 - Opioids and Older Adults : This AHRQ initiative focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, and management … Technical Brief: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder … in Older Adults: Technical brief on prevention, diagnosis, and management of opioid misuse in older
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/blood-pressure-narrative.pdf
December 31, 2018 - Blood Pressure
Measure Narrative
Description
Percentage of patients 18-85 years of age who had a diagnosis … Diagnosis
Active diagnosis of essential hypertension (Essential Hypertension Value Set) at any time … Denominator
The eligible population
Exclusions
• Patients who have an active diagnosis of pregnancy … Measure Narrative
Description
Methodology
Measurement Period
Eligible Population
Ages
Event
Diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship6.html
August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Diagnostic Stewardship … Page
Table of Contents
Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis … practice model to assist with diagnostic test selection and interpretation to expedite accurate and timely diagnoses … Intraoperative pathology consultation helps ensure the adequacy of biopsy specimens, confirm the diagnosis … are available to support patients in understanding and making informed decisions relevant to their diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-UTI.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Urinary
Tract Infections in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of
catheter associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious diseases in older adults of long-term care
facilities: update on approach to diagnosis and … Improving Outcomes of UTI Management in
Long-Term Care Project (IOU) consensus guidelines for the diagnosis
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/resources/diagnostic-toolkit/03-diagnostic-safety-infographic.pdf
August 01, 2021 - Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2015. https://www. … nap.edu/catalog/21794/improving-diagnosis-in-health-care. … Annual-Benchmark-Reports/Risks-in-the-Diagnostic-Process
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/21794/improving-diagnosis-in-health-care
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b4_combo_documentationcoding.pdf
March 15, 2016 - All of them have roles in
the coding of diagnoses and procedures from medical records, which will be … The code
numbers are detailed to accurately describe the diagnoses (the conditions the patient is seen … • Document the outcomes of “rule out,” “consider,” and “possible” diagnoses. … diagnoses equally meet the definition of principal diagnosis … The coder should never assume
a diagnosis of respiratory failure
without a documented diagnosis
by
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www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/treatments/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Taking Medicines
Learn about taking medicine
Read
Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely
How To Create a Pill Card
Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe.
Watch
Staying Active and Healthy With Blood Thinners (Video, 8 minutes, 29 seconds; Transcript )
Manténgase activo y saludable con lo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-031121.pdf
July 22, 2021 - cross agency working group that will propose a
strategy to enhance scientific research to improve diagnosis … Foundation
representatives on current work and future plans; (2) provide agency updates related to diagnosis … healthit-ed.html
2
Agency Update
AHRQ (cont’d.) • Resources in development:
o One Minute to Improve Diagnosis … o We have begun pilot testing the TeamSTEPPS for Improving
Diagnosis curriculum. … • Analysis of Patient Complaints for Diagnosis-Related Concerns:
Paper discusses potential ideas